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Two AstraZeneca doses around 90% effective in real-world analysis, says UK health agency

Two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine have proved to be around 90% effective against symptomatic disease according to real-world analysis in England.

The Public Health England, an executive agency of the British government, said in its weekly surveillance report that the AstraZeneca vaccine was 89% effective after two doses, and 53% after the first shot